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An assassin, a porn dubber and a transgender. Three souls. One explicit illusion. To ﬁnd the ultimate joy in their empty lives. A safe haven, where passion and love mean humanity, ecstasy means enlightenment; and the soul is the ultimate arbiter of the truth.

Born October 1978 in Makati City, Philippines. He graduated magna cum laude at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila) with a degree in Mass Communications. He started as a scriptwriter for ﬁlms and television. His ﬁrst ﬁlm, Donsol was a ﬁnalist in the 2006Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and was the Philippines’ ofﬁcial submission to the Academy Awards® (OSCARS) Best Foreign Language Film category.

Since his debut as a director, he has become one of the promising and proliﬁc Filipino ﬁlmmakers with his ﬁlms screened at various international ﬁlm festivals including Cannes, Toronto, Rotterdam, Busan and Mar del Plata among others. In 2010, Alix has been listed by The Hollywood Reporter in its “Next Generation Asia”, which features the top 20 young entertainment personalities in the region deemed “the best and the brightest among their peers”.

His latest ﬁlm Death March premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Festival de Cannes.